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Make the cake in a 9x13-inch pan and then cut the cake in two to make two layers. Make the Vanilla Cheesecake Whipped Cream Frosting with the recipe below. Spread a layer of frosting on one of the cake pieces. Add a layer of thinly sliced strawberries. Add the top and frost it with the remaining frosting. (This cake was frosted with a pastry bag with a round tip.) Decorate the cake with finely chopped nuts and strawberries.

To make the Vanilla Cheesecake Whipped Cream Frosting, cream 3/4 cup sugar with 4 ounces of cream cheese. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla, two tablespoons meringue powder, and 2 cups heavy whipping cream, Darigold 40% fat or equal. Whip until it is very stiff and will stand like buttercream. (Whipped cream frosting is better if used the same day.)

Chocolate Cupcakes Stuffed with Fresh Strawberries

Make the cupcakes according to package directions. Use a cupcake corer to cut plugs from the tops of the cupcakes. Insert a strawberry in the hole and frost the cupcakes. Either serve the cupcakes right away or refrigerate them. These are frosted with a chocolate whipped cream frosting.

Pink Peppermint Fudge Cake

Use your mix to make this 9x13-inch cake. The cake was frosted with fudge frosting, the edges trimmed, and the cake cut into 15 pieces. Make peppermint whipped cream frosting using the vanilla frosting recipe above. Use peppermint flavor to taste instead of the vanilla. Add a drop of pink food coloring.

Ice Cream Cupcakes

These are fun and simple to make. Make the cupcakes. Put a scoop of ice cream on each and then put them in the refrigerator long enough for the ice cream to freeze to the cupcakes.

Cherry Chocolate Cake

Again make a 9x13-inch cake. Cut the cake into halves, lengthwise, and let it cool. Again make whipped cream frosting but add some cherry pastry filling to the frosting. The filling tint the frosting, help stabilize it, and add chunks of cherry to the frosting. Add flavor or more color if desired. Use the frosting as filling between layers and frost the outside of the cake.

Peanut Butter Fudge Cupcakes (Shown in the gallery above)

Add 1/2 cup chopped salted peanuts to the batter. Frost the cupcakes with a fudge frosting and then top them with whipped cream frosting.

Make the whipped cream frosting as above but substitute 1/2 cup chunky peanut butter for the cream cheese and add 1/4 cup good quality cocoaand another 1/2 cup chopped peanuts. These are delightful cupcakes.

The Prepared Pantry is a family-owned business located in Rigby, Idaho. The company sells baking mixes, kitchen tools, baking ingredients, and gourmet foods. It has its own production facility for the packaging of mixes and baking ingredients. It is believed to be the largest seller of bread mixes on the internet.

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